nid
English
Noun
nid (plural nids)
- Alternative form of nide (“nest of pheasants”)
- 1884, William Carnegie, Practical game preserving (page 15)
- Owing to the size of the enclosure, most of the hens will commence their laying and nesting operations in the same or similar manner to unrestrained birds, forming their nids, and proceeding in the usual way. The aim of the mode of introducing pheasants here described is […]
- 1884, William Carnegie, Practical game preserving (page 15)
French
Etymology
From Old French nid, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).
Noun
nid m (plural nids)
- nest
- 1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".
- L'hirondelle et la fauvette, c'est la forêt qui me l'a dit / L'hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".
- (military) Some people or dangerous things, hidden or not
- Nid de mitrailleuses
- machine gun nest
- Nid d'espions
- spy's nest
Further reading
- “nid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n̠ʲɪdʲ/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą, sense 2 being a semantic loan from German Neid. Doublet of ni-.
Noun
nid n (definite singular nidet, uncountable)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate with Old English nīþ, Old Norse níð.
Declension
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Romagnol
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą. Cognate of Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ), German Neid, Dutch nijd.
Usage notes
Mostly as part of compounds.
Declension
Declension of nid | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nid | nidet | nid | niden |
Genitive | nids | nidets | nids | nidens |
Related terms
References
- nid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- nid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- niding in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪd/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɪd
References
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 51 vi
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